Wichita eagle., 1887-10-23
A BUSY DAY
Atthe General Association Of the
Congregational Church.
Hearing Of Committees With Lively
Discussious-Resum Work
Tomorrow.
A BUSY DAY

~ first OF September.
. The following report of committees q
= nominations was adopted:
= Regist rar for term ending 1S90-Joel ga
per.
Statistical clerk for term ending 1s9O-Jo
Harper.
Treasurer G Dougherty.
O Audior-A D Gray.
g Business Committee B Lawrence, Fl .
d L King, W g Poor.
/. Publication Committee-Joel Harper ;
Dougherty, J q Parker.
Education Committee-P McVicar, D [
F T Ingalls,, R Guild.
Trustees of Washburn College for the tern
ending 1900 W Jewell, s D Storrs,
Blakesley, Fl W Farnsworth, Fl d Rice.
Visitors to Washburn College-R B Guild
W Mcclellan, Mrs c Brace
Visitors to Eureka Academy-H D Herr
Festus Foster.
Place of Meeting 1Sss-Wyandotte.
Preacher for 1SSS-B D Conkling. Alter
nate, L c Schnacke.
Trustees of Fairmount-F T ingalls,, Z
/ y
II Parker.
The following is the report Of the commit
tee on temperance: We, as representatives
Of the Congregational churches and minis
tiers in Kansas, hereby put on record our
most emphatic testimony that prohibition
does prohibit In Kansas, and is proving an
incalculable blessing to the moral and mate
rial interest of the state, and we pledge our
| selves by vote, voice, prayer and effort to
and in maintaining and enforcing our pro-
hibitory law. That we favor the prohibition
Of the liquor traffic by both state and ma
tional legislation as the best legal method of
suppressipg intemperance. That we heartily
endorse all educational and moral agencies
employed by our churches, schools, and
the w. e. T. Union for the moulding
OF public sentiment, and checking the evils
growing out q the sale Of intoxicsnts as q
beverage - REV. JAMES COOPER,
a. M. RICHARDSON,
C. W. EKINs,
Committee.
The Rev. 8. NJ. Hamilton of Lincoln street
Presbyterian church was received as CORES.
ponding member.
Concerning the American Bible society the
following was adopted:
Resolved, That we recognize with gladness
the work being done in our state among the
destitute and unchurched classes by the
American Bible society:
That we commend the work of the society
as one, which though peculiar to the society
Ifonlf hno Of IL 80.
the evangelizing agencies Of the churches.
And that therefore we recommend it to
the moral support Of the churches, and ask
for 1t such financial support as they may feel
to be consistent with the many other claims
upon their benevolence.
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE d. HERR,
II. A. L. KING,
Committee
Your committee on the American College |
and Education Society would report as fol- |
lows:
We have been pleased with the utterances |
of Rev. Theodore Gardner, western secretary |
of this society, and fully concur in his views
that the churches in Kansas owe debt of |
gratitude and financial support to the |
American College and Education Society. |
We are glad to know that Kansas students
are receiving help from their treasury and |
your committee would most heartily COM
mend their aims of this society so that our
young men studying for the
ministry may be justly entitled
to its benefits and may De free to apply
Concerning the State Educational society
it was resolved that the general association
Of Congregational churches Of Kansas, in
view Of the needs Of our students for the
ministry far beyond the aid rendered by the
State Educational society, hereby dissolves
that society and cordially commends the
churches for their support to the American
society in recruiting the de-
pleted ranks of the ministry
Rev. W. F. Harper Of the Baptist church
was receivedas corresponding member. The
Rev. Poor presented a paper on Church
Music"
The following committee was appointed to
prepare obituary notices of the ministerial
brethren who have died during the year:
Rev s G Wright, Rev r B Guild, Rev L c
Rev R DRAKE.
The brethrep who have died during the
year are; Rev D A Weller, Rev Benjamin
Haskins, Rev. E Ingersoll and Rev w
v Weir. l.
A committee appointed by the Arkansas
7alley association in reference to the organi-
alton Of q training school for christian
workers, met in the parlors Of the NJ E.
hurch Oct %
DIR. Peter Ncvicar was elected president 6
nd b. a. L. King secretary.
The following resolution was adopted: :
Resolved, First, That it Is deemed exped-
INT to establish an institution for training
christian workers under the aus-
ices OF the general association OF Kansas,
rovided adequate means can be secured. l(
Secondhand that we recommend that the l
General association appoint from the several Z
,cal associations the following committee Il
D ascertain whether adequate material pro- C
isions can be made, and with power to act c
pom proposition from localities: Brothers 6
I. 81. Parker, Arkansas Valley association;
!. B. Foster, Central association; B. d. .
onklin, Southern association: q. Z. Lock
Idge, Northern association; s. S. Busser, d
outhwest association; E. Skinner, North b
est association. c
The committee to wtAch was referred the
ould report they have considered the mat v
II referred to them very thoroughly and 7
rsyerfully. The subject involves Interest !,
great and Is a matter Of such diverse
,inions that the committee feels that 1t
ould be unwise to take any final action
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